Henry, Robert (1718-1790)The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans ... / written on a new plan by Robert Henry - [Complete in 6 volumes] London : Printed for the author, and sold by T. Cadell, 1771, Hardback, Book Condition: Very Good, First EditionVery good copies all in the original, full aniline calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with a contrasting Morocco gilt-blocked labels; very impressively finished. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description 6 v. : port., maps ; 28 cm. (4to). Notes; Vols II and III bear the imprint: Edinburgh: printed for the author, and sold by T. Cadell, London; vol. IV: Edinburgh: printed for the author. Sold by T. Cadell, and T. Longman, London; vol. V: Edinburgh: printed for the author. Sold by T. Cadell, and T. Longman, London, and by all the booksellers in Edinburgh; vol. VI: London: printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell. Vol. VI was published posthumously, with chapters 5 and 7 and the appendix by Malcom Laing - Advertisement p. [5] of Vol.VI. Vol. VI also contains "An account of the life of the author" and a final advertisement leaf. Subjects; Great Britain - History - Early works to 1800. Other names; Laing, Malcolm, 1762-1818. Cadell, Thomas, [bookseller]. Longman, Thomas, [bookseller]. Strahan, A., [bookseller]. Referenced by: ESTC, T93697.

Hunter, JohnA natural history of the human teeth. With: A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth J. Johnson, London 1771 - First Scientific Study of the Teeth HUNTER, John (1728-93). A natural history of the human teeth: Explaining their structure, use, formation, growth & diseases. [8], 128pp. 16 copperplates, each with printed explanation leaf. London: J. Johnson, 1771. Bound with: A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth intended as a supplement to the natural history of those parts. [6], iv, 128 [8]pp. London: J. Johnson, 1778. Together 2 vols. in 1, 4to. 257 x 206 mm. Tree calf c. 1778, rubbed, rebacked, retaining original spine. Library stamp partially removed from title page of first work. Almost unnoticable pinpoint wormholes in lower margin, but very good copies, with excellent impressions of the plates. First Edition of both works. Garrison-Morton 3675-76. Hunter was the first to study the teeth in a scientific manner, and the first to recommend complete removal of the pulp in filling them. "This classical work revolutionized the practice of dentistry, and provided a basis for later dental research. Hunter introduced the classes cuspids, bicuspids, molars and incisors; he also devised appliances for the correction of malocclusion. In part 2 of the above work he included instructions with regard to the operation of tooth transplantation" (G-M). The first edition of the Natural History is rare, especially when bound with the Practical Treatise. Wellcome III, p. 317. Waller 10650 (Natural History only). Hoffmann-Axthelm, Hist or of Dentistry, pp. 219-22. [Attributes: First Edition]

ANON 18th Century 3 volume novel:The Undutiful Daughter; or, The History of Miss Goodwin. In a Series of Letters. In Three Volumes London: for F. Noble, at his Circulating Library, near Middle-Row, Holborn and J. Noble, at his Circulating Library, in St. Martin's Court, near Leicester Square, 1771. First (& only) edition. Three volumes bound as one. 12mo (6 1/2 x 4 inches), pages: 231:(1, advertisements):228:213:(7, catalogue of "Books Printed for F. and J. Noble"). 19th Century half green calf, marbled boards, with burgundy lettering piece. Tragically lacking one leaf, B12, in volume 1. Joint split between B2 & B3. Binding rubbed; ink marking to title of volume 1, some foxing and dust marking. Very rare; no copies located in British libraries and only 2 in American libraries.

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de]:VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, PAR LA FRÉGATE DU ROI LA BOUDEUSE ET LA FLUTE L'ÉTOILE, EN 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. - [8],417,[3]pp. with twenty-three maps and plates. Half-title. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt, leather label. Minor shelf wear. Small contemporary bookplate of the Duc de Decres on front pastedown. Very minor foxing to the margins of the half-title and last leaf. A remarkably bright and clean copy, fine. First edition of this important work. Bougainville first undertook an expedition to the Falkland Islands and Patagonia, at his own expense, to secure them for French colonization. To avoid possible conflict due to Spain's envy of this acquisition, France gave up the territory to her. The narrative of that expedition was related in THE HISTORY OF A VOYAGE TO THE MALOUINE ISLANDS. (Paris, 1770). After delivering the Falklands to Spain, Bougainville was ordered across the Pacific to the East Indies, and then home. The completion of the three- year voyage marked the first official French circumnavigation and inspired much French interest in the Pacific islands. The party collected abundant natural history information concerning the regions visited; a chapter on the Falklands gives the history of their settlement as well. The expedition stopped at many South Sea islands, among them Tahiti, and included is a long section on that island as well as a vocabulary of the natives. Bougainville was in Buenos Aires when the order arrived for the expulsion of the Jesuits from Paraguay, which he describes in detail. An extraordinary capstone to this remarkable voyage was that Bougainville lost only seven out of two hundred men. "Bouganville also touched at the Moluccas, Batavia, and Mauritius before he arrived once again in France in 1769. Although Bougainville made only a few important discoveries, he created a great deal of interest among the French in the Pacific, which resulted in the voyages of Marc-Joseph Marion de Fresne and Jean Francois de La Perouse. The largest island in the Solomons and two straits in the Pacific bear his name, and the tropical flowering vine called bougainvillea was also named for him. Bougainville later took part in the American Revolution, survived the French Revolution, and was made a senator and count of the Empire by Napoleon I. Bougainville's accounts of Pacific Islanders in this work echoed Jean Jacques Rousseau's concepts of the "noble savage," and inspired Denis Diderot to write his denunciation of European contact with indigenous peoples" - Hill. This copy belonged to Admiral, later Duc, Denis Decrès, Napoleon&#146;s Minister for the Navy and the Colonies from 1801 to 1814, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Decrès was the Minister directly responsible for Nicholas Baudin's voyage to Australia. Therefore, there could have been much instructive value in the present volume for Decrès, who perhaps used Bougainville's experiences with regard to Baudin, to assist in the various enquiries into voyage events, many of them relating to Baudin&#146;s unfortunate command. A highly distinguished French naval provenance for one of the country's legendary travel narratives. HILL 163. SABIN 6864. O'REILLY & REITMAN 283. BORBA DE MORAES, p.115. DU RIETZ 117. COX I, p.55.

Hunter, JohnA natural history of the human teeth. With: A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth London: J. Johnson, 1771. First Scientific Study of the Teeth HUNTER, John (1728-93). A natural history of the human teeth: Explaining their structure, use, formation, growth & diseases. [8], 128pp. 16 copperplates, each with printed explanation leaf. London: J. Johnson, 1771. Bound with: A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth intended as a supplement to the natural history of those parts. [6], iv, 128 [8]pp. London: J. Johnson, 1778. Together 2 vols. in 1, 4to. 257 x 206 mm. Tree calf c. 1778, rubbed, rebacked, retaining original spine. Library stamp partially removed from title page of first work. Almost unnoticable pinpoint wormholes in lower margin, but very good copies, with excellent impressions of the plates. First Edition of both works. Garrison-Morton 3675-76. Hunter was the first to study the teeth in a scientific manner, and the first to recommend complete removal of the pulp in filling them. "This classical work revolutionized the practice of dentistry, and provided a basis for later dental research. Hunter introduced the classes cuspids, bicuspids, molars and incisors; he also devised appliances for the correction of malocclusion. In part 2 of the above work he included instructions with regard to the operation of tooth transplantation" (G-M). The first edition of the Natural History is rare, especially when bound with the Practical Treatise. Wellcome III, p. 317. Waller 10650 (Natural History only). Hoffmann-Axthelm, Hist or of Dentistry, pp. 219-22.

OSBECK, Peter, Olof TOREEN, Gustavus ECKEBERG [trans. John Reinhold FORSTER]A Voyage to China and the East Indies, Together with a Voyage to Suratte [Toreen], and an Account of the Chinese Husbandry [Eckeberg], to which are added a Faunula and a Flora sinensis London: Benjamin White, 1771., 1771. First English Translation. Two vols. Octavo. Bound in mottled brown calf, gilt ruled panneling to boards, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine; all edges red speckled. Illustrated with thirteen plates. With bookplate. Rebacked with the original spine laid down. Binding is worn, edges and corners worn, joints starting, several gouges to front board of volume one and one sizeable gouge to the rear of volume two, volume two has additonal paper label to spine. Internally clean with worm damage to rear of volume one and start of volume two. These three travel narratives give a comprehensive survey of contemporary knowledge about Asia. Osbeck's observations on Canton and Java take up the first volume and the first quarter of the second. Toreen's journey to Dutch Suratte, a trading post run by the Dutch East India Company, touches on visits to other Asian countries, including China. Eckeberg's Husbandry gives a full account of Chinese farming practices from a Western perspective, which expresses admiration for their skill and industry. Finally the sixty-nine page list of flora and fauna is a fascinating record of known species. John Reinhold Forster sailed with James Cook on his second voyage to find terra australis as a botanist. His work significantly influenced the development of ethnology and anthropology, and expressed concerns that European expansionism was damaging local environments. Armorial bookplate "Francis Freeling", Secretary of the Post Office, who oversaw numerous changes to the postal service, including the introduction of the penny post for most towns and the integration of steam trains and ships in place of carriages. Additionally he was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and one of the original members of the Roxburghe Club.

DiderotTapissier. [Tapestry-Weaving] 1771. DIDEROT. Tapestry-weaving, in 3 parts: 7 pp., 45 plates, of which 11 are double-page.From vol. 8. Folio, bound in half terra-cotta morocco over salmon cloth boards, gilt.Tapissier, with a view of the Boutique, and the many products available therein, including curtains, bedspreads, upholstery, and so forth. With two additional suites, entitled Tapisserie de basse-lisse des Gobelins and Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins, which illustrate the practice of the famous Gobelins tapestry factories. These tapestries were decorated with pictorial subjects; painted; embroidered; woven in colours, gold, and silver thread, and so forth. Alan Summerly Cole distinguishes between the practices of Gobelins and Beauvais: "At the Gobelins, the warp threads are stretched in frames standing vertically (high warp or haute lisse): at Beauvais in frames placed horizontally with the ground (low warp or basse lisse)."This suite of plates and text derives from the great French eighteenth-century Encyclopédie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond D&#39;Alembert. The Diderot & D&#39;Alembert Encyclopédie remains "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motivating force in undermining the Ancien Régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization..." (Printing and the Mind of Man).

George Whitefield: taken verbatim and transcribed by Joseph Gurney, revised by Andrew Gifford:Eighteen Sermons preached by the late Rev. George Whitefield, A.M London:: Joseph Gurney,, 1771.. First edition.. Hardcover. Contents VG+, binding fine. [xiv], 455pp. Contents very good. A few pages have minor tide stains to the margins, slightly more to the prelims, with a little soiling to the title. All edges red. In a new binding of green buckram, spine ruled and titled in gilt. Very scarce, and a very good copy.

Delafosse, Jean CharlesNouvelle iconologie historique ou attributs hieroglyphiques, qui ont pour objets les quatre élémens, les quatres saisons, les quatre parties du monde et les différentes complexions de l'homme Paris: Chez Jacques François Chereau Fils, Graveur et Marchand D'estampes, Rue St. Jacques, 1771. Title, Table Indicative, 110 plates, and 39 pages of text on 21 leaves, ALL ENTIRELY ENGRAVED. Folio. Later calf with original covers of mottled calf inlaid to front and rear, upper cover gilt-stamped "ODIOT Orfèvre". [Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850) was the goldsmith to the family of the Emperor Napoleon]. Occasinal stains, mostly marginal, but altogether a very good copy, with a remarkable provenance. Title, Table Indicative, 110 plates, and 39 pages of text on 21 leaves, ALL ENTIRELY ENGRAVED. Folio. French architect, one of the creators of the Louis Seize style, as the ornament in his Iconologie, featuring Greek keys, garlands, and much other Classical ornament, demonstrates. He also published a treatise on the five Orders, and designed two hôtels at 58-60 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, Paris (1776-83), and his ICONOLOGIE HISTORIQUE is a veritable encyclopedie of Baroque icons and symbols.The 'Table Explicative" advertises 18 "Cahiers" of six leaves each on a variety of themes and subjects developed here, which are available separately from the publisher ("qui se vendent séparément"). A second part of that suite was also formed (referred to misleadingly in the Berlin Catalogue as "IIeme Volume") which continues the series of engravings available in 24 more "cahiers" - in other words, Cahiers 19 - 43 - also, presumably, sold separaately. The absence of any of the 43 cahiers should in no way,we believe, be taken as an indication of incompleteness.Tipped in and laid down at the back is a folio plate, "La Sphere Artificielle" [showing three globes: Terrestrial, Celestial & Armillary Globes]. Paris Chez Desnos, Rus St. Jacques, 1760.

GUYS, Pierre-AugustinVoyage Litteraire de la Grece, ou Lettres sur les Grecs, Anciens et Mo 1771. GREECE - Literary Voyage. Voyage Litteraire de la Grèce, ou Lettres sur les Grecs anciens et modernes, avec un parallèle de leurs moeurs. By Pierre-Augustin Guys. Two volumes. xvi, 420; iv, 244 pp. 12mo., 160 x 95 mm, bound in French contemporary beige half calf, light brown and pale green spine labels. Paris: chez la veuve Duchesne, 1771. Scarce First Edition of this unusual "literary" travel book to Greece, Turkey, and Italy by Pierre-Augustin Guys (1720-1799), physican of Lyons and member of the Academy of Sciences and Belles-Lettres of Marseille. "He may be said to have been the first folklorist who directed his attention to the Orient. His work is written in such an agreeable style, his observations so delicate and his comparisons so subtle that it makes excellent reading even today" (Iorga, as quoted in Cox). "Guys had spent more than 30 years in the Levant engaged in commercial pursuits, having been sent in 1739 to the business house of his uncles in Constantinople. His literary and antiquarian studies led him to the conclusion that the modern Greeks were direct descendants of the ancients, and his book is full of comparisons between the ancient and modern Greeks on every conceivable subject. It is in the form of letters. This successful and popular book played an important part in developing philhellenic sentiments in France" (Leonora Navari, Blackmer Catalogue). Half-title of volume I slightly spotted, otherwise in fine state. Cox I, 231. Cf. Blackmer 769 (third edition).

BLONDEL, J.-Fr.; PatteCours d'architecture ou traite de la decoration 1771. BLONDEL, J.-F. Cours d'Architecture, ou traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiments... continue [vols. 5-6] par M. Patte. Together nine volumes. Text (vols. 1-6): xxxiv, 478, [2]; [4], lxiv, 468, [4]; [4], cii, [2], 460; [4], cxiv, [2], 432; xxxii, 504; xxviii, 520 pp. Plates (vols. 7-9): title, 2 ff., 22 plates, title, 93 plates; title, 1 f., plates 1-40, 40bis, 41-73, half-title, title, 51 plates; 1 f., 85 plates, 1 f., plates 86-136. Altogether illustrated with 377 engraved plates, of which 89 are folding and 38 are double-page. 8vo., 201 x 120 mm, spines in early twentieth-century French calf over eighteenth-century French marbled paper boards, red labels, compartments gilt. Paris: Desaint, 1771-1773, and 1777. |~||~||~||~||~| First Edition of the 'Petit Blondel,' the most influential and authoritative textbook on architecture of its day. "The century's most eminent and prolific author [on architecture] was Jacques-François Blondel, an energetic practitioner and teacher (who apparently was no relation to his great seventeenth-century namesake). His Architecture française was published in four volumes between 1752 and 1756. It was followed by his nine-volume Cours d'architecture which appeared between 1771 and 1777. This included lectures he had given in his own school of arts since 1750, and at the Académie Royale d'Architecture since 1756. The Cours d'architecture marked a move away from the orders and proportions which had preoccupied François Blondel a century before, towards the emulation of good examples from recent French architecture... Jacques-François Blondel chose to present a great array of building types and decorative features, echoing his massive survey of the French achievement in Architecture française and stressing the variety of external appearance that could be achieved within classical proportions... Perhaps the most novel feature of Blondel's lectures was his interest in the houses of the middle class. Here, Blondel made a strong call for proportion and simplicity. He wanted decoration to be reserved for palaces and hôtels. He nevertheless hoped that a range of harmonious domestic styles could be developed for Paris, with each district having its own character" (Anthony Sutcliff, Paris: An Architectural History, pp. 48-49). In 1743 Blondel opened the first independent school of architecture in France; it was to become a major center for training the leaders of the neoclassical movement, including Sir William Chambers, Pierre Patte, Desprez, Boullée, and Ledoux. After Blondel's death (in 1774) the work was completed by Pierre Patte, his disciple and former student. The work is illustrated with 377 engraved plates (many folding), mainly designs by contemporary architects. For an extensive assessment of the work, see especially Robin Middleton's "J.F. Blondel and the Cours d'Architecture," in International Society of Architectural Historians (December 1959). A fine copy. Fowler 51. Berlin Katalog 2429. Millard, French 29.

DiderotTapissier. [Tapestry-Weaving] 1771. DIDEROT. Tapestry-weaving, in 3 parts: 7 pp., 45 plates, of which 11 are double-page. From vol. 8. Folio, bound in half terra-cotta morocco over salmon cloth boards, gilt. |~||~||~||~||~| Tapissier, with a view of the Boutique, and the many products available therein, including curtains, bedspreads, upholstery, and so forth. With two additional suites, entitled Tapisserie de basse-lisse des Gobelins and Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins, which illustrate the practice of the famous Gobelins tapestry factories. These tapestries were decorated with pictorial subjects; painted; embroidered; woven in colours, gold, and silver thread, and so forth. Alan Summerly Cole distinguishes between the practices of Gobelins and Beauvais: "At the Gobelins, the warp threads are stretched in frames standing vertically (high warp or haute lisse): at Beauvais in frames placed horizontally with the ground (low warp or basse lisse)." This suite of plates and text derives from the great French eighteenth-century Encyclopédie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert. The Diderot & D'Alembert Encyclopédie remains "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motivating force in undermining the Ancien Régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization..." (Printing and the Mind of Man).

n/a:Copies of the Depositions of the Witnesses Examined in the Cause of the Grosvenor's Divorce Case 1771 (with an Apppendix containing the libel and allegations) HB in Victorian half red leather binding with marbled boards, gilt title to spine & no inscriptions. Tiny area of scuffing to rear board & minor edge wear - otherwise a good clean tight copy of 307pp. (14.5 x 23cm)

Corneille de PAWRecherches philosophiques sur les américains, ou mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'histoire humaine Second edition of the first two volumes, original edition for the third volume that contains the defense of Pernety American and refuting Paw. Brunet, 28465. Brochures blue eras. Titles in black and red. Beautiful specimens. The book consists of mainly ethnological exhibition in the Americas. The book contains a curious narrative hermaphrodites Florida and the practice of circumcision and infibulation. Paw repeatedly emphasizes the inferiority of the Native American people, there are many articles on blacks, Indians and Central America, but also geographical, climatological, botanists and naturalists considerations in large numbers ... Paw was a philosopher and a Dutch scholar, he participated in the encyclopedia. Gaps in tail caps, tables remained uncut. S.n. A Berlin 1771 in 8 (18,7x12cm) 326 (24 de table) pp., 366 (30 de table pp., 247 pp. 2 tomes en 2 Vol. relié